Product Description

This manual provides exhaustive technical information about the design, materials and installation techniques applicable to membrane roof systems used in low-slope applications. The manual includes information about roof decks, air and vapor retarders, rigid board insulation, roof membranes, fasteners, surfacing, accessories, roof system configurations and roof re-coverings. Also included are 179 construction details for built-up roof (BUR) membrane, polymer-modified bitumen, liquid-applied, EPDM and other single-ply membrane roof systems.

This publication is a volume in The NRCA Roofing Manual series; a series that updates and supercedes The NRCA Roofing and Waterproofing Manual, Fifth Edition, including its 2003 and 2006 interim updates. The four-volume series also includes Metal Panel and SPF Roof Systems—2008; Steep-slope Roof Systems—2009; and Reroofing, Architectural Sheet Metal and Moisture Control—2010.